Chapter 5, yay! =)
Chapter 5
Laurie P.O.V
I woke up at six-thirty. Day two. I thought. I got out of bed and refreshed myself. I pulled on a pair of black dress pants if that's what you'd call them. I wore a light blue top and a navy sweater. I finished the rest of my morning routine and went downstairs to the kitchen.
"Morning sweetie." My mom said cheerfully as I walked in.
"Excited for another day of school?" My dad asked. He knew I hated school, he just liked to bug me.
"Yeah dad, ecstatic." I replied sarcastically.
"Honey, Bob will be here to pick you up for school at seven-thirty." My mom said.
Seven-thirty, great that leaves me about two minutes to myself. Right after I thought that there was a knock at the door. "That would be Bob." I quickly ran to get my stuff and went to the door. "Let's go." I said to Bob. "Bye mom, bye dad." I yelled into the house and closed the door.
We went to his mustang and I got into the front seat. "Why so early anyways?" I asked him.
"Gotta pick up some people." Bob said.
"I see." After a few minutes of silence I spoke. "I ain't movin' to the back. Your friends can." Bob let out a chuckle. I didn't see how the situation was funny, I was being completely serious.
"Alright, you don't have to move. I wasn't gonna make you anyways, it's not like I'm picking up my girlfriend or anything." Bob said.
I burst out laughing when I heard the word girlfriend. It was just the thought of Bob having a girlfriend.
"What?" He sounded surprised.
"Nothing. Nothing." I said trying to keep a straight face. I wasn't doing a very good job.
"Oh come on. Seriously, what's so funny?" Bob asked again.
"You, a girlfriend. I'm sorry, but it's just…" I couldn't think of a word to explain it so I just kept laughing. He looked a little annoyed that I laughed. "Ah come on Bob, I'm just playin'." I said and playfully hit him in his side. He looked at me and gave me a sideways grin.
We stopped at this beautiful house.
"Your friend lives here?" I asked surprised.
"Yep." Bob said simply.
Bob honked the horn and a boy with dark brown curly hair came out the door. He was wearing a dark red sweater over a collared shirt. He walked to the side of the car in which I was sitting. He didn't realize I was there so I didn't say anything.
"Hey Bob." He said as he opened the door. He was about to get in when he finally noticed me. "Hello." He said.
"Hi, I'm Laurie." I said cheerfully.
"Randy. I guess I'm sitting in the back?" He said it as a question not a statement.
"Guess so." I said and pulled the seat forward so he could get in. "Is this all the people we're picking up?" I asked impatiently.
"Kevin said he didn't need a ride anymore." Randy chimed in.
"Guess this is it then." Bob concluded.
I was pretty quiet on the ride to school. Randy and Bob did all the talking. I wasn't paying much attention, but I thought I heard the word 'greaser' a couple of times. I decided to just ignore it. But I was wondering something.
"Bob, are you a 'Soc'?" I asked when they were silent for a moment.
"What?" Bob asked.
"Are you a Soc, you know, like there's greasers and there's Socs." I explained.
"Yeah, I am, and so's Randy. Why?"
"Just curious, heard some kids talkin' 'bout it and I was just wondering." I left it at that.
When we got to school I went my way and Bob went his. I watched as he went to his group of friends. I saw him go straight to a girl, he hugged her and it didn't seem like a buddy-buddy hug. Must be his girlfriend. She looks pretty though. I wonder how he managed that. I thought to myself as I walked to my locker. I did my combination but it wouldn't open.
"Damn it." I said to myself. I tried again with my combination. It wouldn't budge. "Damn it again." I said. I knew I put the combination somewhere in my bag. I started searching through my bag and finally found it. I did my combination again but it still wouldn't work. I was getting really fed up now. I hit the locker.
"Stupid locker. Stupid combination." I muttered to myself. I took a deep breath and tried once more. It finally opened. I laughed sarcastically to myself. "Fourth time's a charm." I said. I grabbed my English books and checked the time. It was two minutes before the bell would ring. Apparently it took longer than I thought to open my locker.
I headed up to my classroom. The bell rang as I was on my way up. I walked into the class.
"Morning." Mr. Hail said as I walked in.
"Morning sir." I replied keeping my head down. I walked all the way to the back and sat in my desk. I set my stuff up and waited for announcements to begin. Not even two seconds before announcements started Sodapop walked in.
I actually listened to the announcements today. I did it mostly just to get my mind off the fact that I was sitting to the most amazingly gorgeous person I have ever met in my life. Right after announcements ended, class began.
"Today, we're actually going to get into some work. I'm passing out a review booklet and it will be done in sections. Parts A to D are due tomorrow. We're going to go over it all in class if you have any questions come ask." Mr. Hail went over everything we had to do like he said. Then he just sat at his desk and did some work.
I read over the package again. "Well this should be fun." I said sarcastically to myself, but apparently Soda overheard.
"School ain't fun." Soda joked to me. I laughed slightly. I had to hold in my laughter, but I didn't want to laugh because of what he said, it was because he was just talking to me. I hoped my face wasn't red, but I knew it was.
Oh, I hope he thinks my face is red because I'm laughing. I quickly became very interested in my work not wanting to make a fool of myself in front of Soda. All this package was was grammar reviews and 'fix the sentences' exercises. I could do this stuff in my sleep.
"What are we supposed to do?" Soda asked me.
"Answer the questions?" I suggested. I was kind of confused by the question. The work was pretty self-explanatory.
"Yeah, I got that. But what's with the grammar thing?"
"The sentences are grammatically wrong. Just fix the errors." I said and continued my work. I noticed out of the corner of my eye Soda looking over at my paper.
I looked up at him and he gave me that crazy grin again. "School isn't your thing is it?" I joked.
"Oh, sure it is, I'm a real nerd." He laughed. "Your gonna have a lotta fun sittin' next to me all semester. I'm gonna be askin' questions the whole time. I ain't the smart one in the family."
"Who is?" I asked curiously.
"My younger brother Ponyboy." When he said that, I stared at him. "What?" he asked.
"That is an amazing name." I said. "So's yours. They're so original." Soda seemed to think this was amusing. "What?" Now it was my turn to ask.
"Nothin', it's just not what people usually say." Soda said.
"Well I ain't your usually person." I said and then regretted it. Why am I flirting with him?! There is no way he'd ever go out with someone like me. I must be outta my mind.
Class ended shortly after. I had gotten done every section except for the last part. I was two questions off. Oh well, two questions, two seconds. I thought.
I started walking to my drama class, unaware of my surroundings. I didn't come back to reality until someone bumped into me. I looked up just to find some guy smirking at me. I rolled my eyes and kept walking. I heard him say something, but I didn't turn around.
"Hey." I said as I sat beside Karen in drama class.
"Hey." She said all hyper and cheerful.
We started talking about the most random things ever. That was my favourite thing about her; we didn't have to be so serious. It was like back home with me and Susan. Unfortunately, our conversation was cut short because the teacher decided to begin the lesson. Drama was like it was supposed to be: dramatic. We just did some acting exercises and played some drama games.
The bell rang and I went to my locker to put my books away. Lunch. Finally. I thought and made my way outside.
he'd ever go out with someone like me. I must be outta my mind.
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